Black And A Half Episode #39: Stefi Hallstrom

This week on Black And A Half, Stefi Hallstrom joins the program. Stefi is a host and salesperson for the popular trivia company Geeks Who Drink. Stefi has produced Stand Up Comedy Cancer Benefits in the past, is a fellow geek, and had a short stint as an open mic comic. We have lots of laughs on this episode talking about disaster movies, HBO Shows, Trivia, cable television, and cops attacking nurses.

Manny and Silas also introduce a new segment to the show, The BlackBag or HalfBag, where they answer listener questions on the show.

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Black And A Half Podcast Episode #38: Nigel Larson

Manny Martin Returns!

Comedian Nigel Larson is our guest!

We talk about Nigel’s experience with a Nazi flag.

We laugh a lot! Check out episode #38!!!

Nigel Larson is a Seattle based comic that performs all over the United States and Canada. He’s competed in the San Francisco International Comedy Competition and is a favorite at comedy clubs everywhere.

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Black And A Half Podcast #37: Shannon Koyano

Today we have a great treat for you. Not only is our guest the hilarious local comic Shannon Koyano, but we also have Nicole Santora back as a guest co-host.

About Our Guest

Shannon Koyano is a Seattle stand up comic. She is co-producer of Odd Babes Production alongside Danielle KL Gregiore and Aisha Farhoud. Shannon has been lucky enough to perform all over the Pacific Northwest and continues to do so as often as she can.

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Black and A Half Podcast Episode #35: Jenny Buehler and Carolyn Hastings

Two members of The Bodacious Ladyhood, Jenny Buehler and Carolyn Hastings, stop by the studio to talk to Silas and Guest Co-Host Jasmine Silvera about a production of Outdoor Trek they are performing in this summer. They talk about Outdoor Trek, the origin story of the Bodacious Ladyhood, Disneyland, and much more.

Carolyn Hastings

Jenny Buehler

Outdoor Trek is a yearly re-creation of different Star Trek episode, live and outdoor.This year, they are doing the TOS episode Day of The Dove. It’s a really fun production that you have to check out. Here is a link to more information about the production: http://www.helloearthproductions.com/

Check out more about The Bodacious Ladyhood at their website: http://www.bodaciousladyhood.com/

Guest Co-Host: Jasmine Silvera, http://jasminesilvera.com/

Hosts: Silas Lindenstein, Manny Martin (Not appearing in this episode)

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Black and A Half Podcast: Episode #34 – Aaron Fishbein

This is a very special episode of Black and A Half because we not only have local Seattle comic Aaron Fishbein, but for the first time ever we have a special guest host Nicole Santora! Nicole is filling in for Manny for this episode while he’s on break. Nicole is a past guest and was so much fun we tried to figure out a way to get her back on soon. So this worked out perfect.

Aaron is a comic and musician living in Seattle that is definitely on the short list of growing Seattle comedy talent. On this episode we talked about adventures in hiking, Hawaii, the Whole30 diet, and a whole lot more. Check it out!

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Black And A Half Podcast Episode #32: Nicole Santora

This episode of Black and A Half, Manny and Silas sit down with actress Nicole Santora! Nicole talks about her latest film out Haskell (which will be at the Seattle International Film Festival), the Red Sox, movie loves scenes, racism, the Mandela Effect, and much more.

Nicole Santora is a graduate of the University of Hawaii. This Seattle based actor has been featured on Grimm, Leverage, and your Mom’s house. She’ll deny her nerdiness but dresses up her family in Star Trek outfits.

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Black And A Half Podcast Episode #29: Norwescon

This is another special live episode of Black and A Half that we recorded at Norwescon as another guerilla podcast. They walked around and recorded the fans, authors and other random strangers at this 40th annual science fiction and fantasy convention. Manny and Silas met a lot of really interesting people at Norwescon and some of their favorite cosplay they have seen yet.

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Black and A Half Podcast Episode #28: Randy Henderson

This week on Black and A Half, Manny and Silas sit down with the author of the humorous contemporary fantasy novel – Smells like Finn Spirit. This is his third book in that trilogy and we talk about how that entire series came to fruition. This is another fun episode with someone neither of us knew, but we couldn’t have asked for a better guest. Check out his novels and this episode! Like and share this podcast, it really means a lot.

About The Author

Randy Henderson is the author of the darkly humorous contemporary fantasy novels FINN FANCY NECROMANCY, and BIGFOOTLOOSE AND FINN FANCY FREE, from Tor/MacMillan. He is the Golden Pen Grand Prize winner of Writers of the Future for 2014, and his short fiction has appeared in numerous professional publications. Randy graduated from the Clarion West writing workshop in 2009.

Randy has experience as a reader, lecturer and panel participant on the subject of writing at events such as Cascade Writers Workshop, Norwescon, WorldCon, World Fantasy Convention, and Rainforest Writers Retreat

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Black And A Half Podcast Episode #26: Dylan Cole

This week on Black and A Half, Manny and Silas sit down with their good friend and hilarious nerd comic Dylan Cole! Dylan recently performed at Emerald City Comicon on the Real Nerds of Comedy show along with Manny and Silas. This is a “very nerdy” episode where they guys laugh and talk about their favorite geekdoms.

About Dylan Cole

Fresh from the inter-section of Geek and Sexy, Dylan Cole has been dazzling audiences across the western U.S. with his pop culture references, high energy performances, & ability to translate nerdy concepts into everyday English. Like a wandering minstrel with modern technology, Dylan is sure to win you over with a charisma that could only come from the future.
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Black & A Half Podcast Episode #25: Zac Gandara

This week on the Black & A Half Podcast we talk to the creator and host of the Losing Our Religion podcast – Zac Gandara. We talk about Zac’s rise in the church to being a highly paid pastor to how he walked away from all of that to become a bartender. Silas talks about getting blocked on Facebook for participating in capitalism. Lots of laughter and wrestling with spirituality in this episode.

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